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What Medieval weapon could hurl things over castle walls?
Catapult
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a catapult?
Advantage: You could fire things such as flaming stones, cattle or even plague victims over the walls of a castle at a safe distance. The catapult was best used with a siege. Disadvantage: The catapult wasn't very accurate and as you were preparing the catapult, you could be fired at and had a better chance of dying.
Sentences using the word catapult?
Owen designed a new catapult for the navy to use on its aircraft carriers. Lady Taylor Smith
What are the advantages and disadvantages of catapults?
Advantage: You could fire things such as flaming stones, cattle or even plague victims over the walls of a castle at a safe distance. The catapult was best used with a siege. Disadvantage: The catapult wasn't very accurate and as you were preparing the catapult, you could be fired at and had a better chance of dying.
Why do you think the castle had a ditch around it?
It could also protect the castle if the enemies comes.
How do you attack a castle with catapults?
Catapults were either weighted or tension devices that could throw (toss) a heavy projectile into or over the castle walls. Large rocks were used to damage castle walls, and burning hay bales or similar objects could be tossed into the center portion to ignite buildings and straw-covered ground. Where available, containers of flammable pitch or oil could similarly be used, but with the threat that they could set fire to the catapult itself.
Where was the best place to build a castle?
So that they could protect themselves from getting attacked by an enemy.
Why do hedgehogs have spines on their back?
to protect itself from creatures that could harm it.
What is a good title for catapult project?
a good name or title for an essay about catapults could be ''catapult'' LMAOO
How could an area protect itself from a Tsunami?
To move uphill or in a waterproof basement.
How tall were medieval catapults?
There were many types of catapult and other siege machines - and all were made locally to suit local requirements. There was no standard size for any type of catapult; some were made quite small so they could be mounted within a castle tower to shoot down at attackers, while others were huge.
How do you attack concentric castle?
you could put them under seige or use a catapult if a moat is included hope this helps :)
